Topic: H. Lee Scott

Innovation Wednesday: Wal-Mart Surpasses Goal to Sell 100 Million Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Three Months Early; CEO H. Lee

Wal-Mart, take your victory lap. Wal-Mart announced yesterday that the company has blown past an ambitious goal of selling 100 million compact fluorescent light bulbs by the end of 2007 -- three months early. This is no small deal ...READ»

The Wal-Mart Blog, Weekend Edition: What Would You Ask CEO Lee Scott?

Last fall, addressing a conference of American magazine editors in Puerto Rico, Scott finished his speech with a little story. He said Wal-Mart staff members who travel on business for the company -- literally thousands are on the ...READ»

Pulling Punches

CEO Lee Scott went on the record to fight Wal-Mart's bad rep. But his PR effort hit the mat.READ»

The Great Escape

Pardon me for being so late to weigh in; not sure where I was when Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott announced he'd be taking a four-week vacation. Oh, right: I was working. Let's ignore for a moment the ensuing flap over whether the CEO of ...READ»

Lee Scott's Legacy

New York — Lee Scott will retire as CEO of Wal-Mart on February 1, and what a legacy he leaves.  Sales up 2.4 times, on a $167 billion dollar company.  Inventory days down 23% to 34. Receivable days as close to zero as you can ...READ»

CEO Lee Scott Speaks About Wal-Mart's New Strategies

Yesterday Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott presented a speech to over 7,000 store managers. Surprisingly, the focus of his speech was Wal-Mart's devotion to sustainability. Scott cited the store's selling over 145 million compact fluorescent ...READ»

Leadership: What's Your Purpose?

Two conversations got me thinking: do we know what we’re doing and why we do it? One conversation was with a senior leader in large company; another was with a friend who runs his own business. Both are highly competent and ...READ»

How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You're Looking At It.

For years, compact fluorescent bulbs have promised dramatic energy savings--yet they remain a mere curiosity. That's about to change.READ»

In Business, Story Trumps Slogan

1. The Mouthworm Advertisers are particularly vulnerable to getting popular slogans stuck in their heads and riffing on them as opposed to creating a compelling story. That leads to DirecTV's "Fans don't let fans watch only 4 NFL ...READ»

Mike Duke Becomes CEO of Wal-Mart

Fast Company Calendar for Sunday, February 1READ»

Memo to Wal-Mart: There are Better Ways

If you opened your local newspaper today, in between the department store white sales and the latest from Iraq, you might have seen Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott defending the pay and benefits it offers its employees in a full-page ad. The ...READ»

The Times' Bright Idea

To kick off the new year, The New York Times applied its journalistic might to a pretty cool story that landed on this morning's front page: "Wal-Mart Puts Some Muscle Behind Power-Sipping Bulbs." It's a fascinating report: ...READ»

Innovation Wednesday: Ripped from the headlines

The crack team of researchers here at InnoWed have scoured today's papers and news sites so you don't have to. Happy reading. "If it's so good, why aren't you doing it?" - That, reports Thomas Friedman in The New York Times, is ...READ»

Is "Green" the New Organic?

Vanity Fair is doing it. The Week is doing it. Even Wal-Mart is doing it. Everyone is going green. So, here's a riddle for you: When is green no longer green? Answer: When it's a green marketing machine. Just like organic, someone ...READ»

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

The Problem With Green Retailers

From Wal-mart to Toys "R" Us: Why green rhetoric is more plentiful than actual products at America's largest retailers. READ»

• Were Beijing's Olympics Really Green?
• Green Fashion Goes Mainstream

Leader in Corporate Sustainability Arena Comments on Wal-Mart's Position

Scott Seydel remarks on my recent post on Conscious Capitalism as it relates to Wal-Mart.READ»

Deconstructing Wal-Mart's Wonder Truck

The retailer vows to build an eco-friendly fleet. Is it for real?READ»

The Greatness That Cannot Be Taught

His personal hero.READ»

Q&A: John Elkington

"We're 40 years into a 70-year process."READ»

Ten Steps to Turn Around Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart has succeeded as a highly-evolved culture of the tangible by creating a dazzlingly efficient logistics operation, shaving cent-splinters off an item, and driving down overhead. This is the whole relentless apparatus that ...READ»

Ten Steps to Turn Around Wal-Mart, Part 1

Wal-Mart has succeeded as a highly-evolved culture of the tangible by creating a dazzlingly efficient logistics operation, shaving cent-splinters off an item, and driving down overhead. This is the whole relentless apparatus that ...READ»

Cowards of the Year

They came, they saw, they caved: These antiheroes turned their backs on what they know is right.READ»

Now February 2009

Coming in February: Super Bowl XLIII, Toy Fair '09, and the transition from analog to digital TVREAD»

• Mobile World Congress Preview
• Infographic: See: He's Just Not That Into You
• Numerology: The Business of Roses

What Does Walmart Know?

Last week I visited Walmart’s annual sustainable packaging conference in Bentonville, Arkansas. I learned that the first such meeting took place in a conference room in Walmart’s headquarters just three years ago and 50 ...READ»